Mail-box signal.



A. SINICKI.

MAIL BOX SIGNAL. APPLICATIDN FILED FEB. 27, 1915.

1,16&971 y Patented Jan.18,1916.

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ANTHONY sINIcKI, `on PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAIL-Box. SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent. v

.Patented Jan. 18,1 1916.

Application led February 27,' 119115. Serial No. 10,929.

To all fao/tom t may concern Be it known that AI, ANTHONY SINICKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3027 Brerenton avenue, Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mail-Box Signals, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in signals for mail boxes or the like.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a signal which is electrically operated and so connected with the flag of the mail box that the same is rendered operative and inoperative according to the position of the said liag, and which is controlled by a normally inoperative switch so that when the latter is closed by a person located at a distance from the mail box, a bell or other indicating device will either audibly indicate or otherwise show whether or not mail or the like has been placed in the mail box or other corresponding device or that the flag has been moved to show that the mail has been placed in the said box.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the character described, which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efiicient in use, and readily operated.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the present invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing` in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating my invention: Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the mail box showing the dilierent positions of the fiags; and Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Y

Referring to the accompanying drawing by similar characters of reference throughout the several views. the numeral 5 designates in general a mail box, and 6 a fragment of a building located at a suitable distance therefrom. A flag or other suitable signal which indicates when the same is in raised position, that mail has been placed in the box 5 is shown at 7. This Hag is adjustably mounted in a rotatable insulated bearing 8, which prevents contact between the flag stati 9 and the mail box 5, while secured to the mail box 5, and insulated therefrom is a contact block 10. Conlwhich the conductor 11 is connected. Abatltery 14 is connected with the conductor 11 to supply a sufficient amount of current to sound the bell 13 or operate any other signal connected thereto.

A normally open push button switch 15 is mounted within the building at a convenient point and is connected with the movable member of the push button switch by a conductor 16. The stationary member of this switch 15 is connected with the conductor 12. The switch 15 is normally open as shown in Fig. 1 and when it is desired to lind out whether there is any mail in the box 5, the switch 15 is moved to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1. If there is no mail, the Hag is down or away from the contact Vblock 10 as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, which breaks the circuit between the flag stati 9 and the said contact block and the pressure of the button switch fails to cause the bell to ring or the other suitable signal to operate. If, however, the fla-g is in raised position as shown by the full lines in Fig. 2 the circuit will be closed and the bell will ring which indicates that the mail has been placed in the box and that the person in the building 5 will not have to go to the mail box without cause.

If it is desired to render the bell 13 inoperative the Hag is slightly raised to the dotted position shown in Fig. 3, which moves the stai 9, out of the path of the Contact block 8, which holds the circuit open no matter what the position of the flag 7. This staff is held in its adjusted position by the set-screw 17.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that a signal for mail boxes and the like is provided which will fulfil all of the necessarv requirements of such a device.

It should be understood in this connection that various minor changes in the specific details of construction can be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described this invention. what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In a signal, the combination of a mail boX, a signal including a movableV member attached to the mail boX, a rotatable member mounted upon the mail box and insu- Y its adjnsted position, a Contact member arranged in the path of the movable member for the engagement therewith when the signal is in indicative position, said Contact member being ont of the path of the movement of the movable member when the latvterisiin one of its adjusted positions, a bell,

a normally open switch, a battery, and conduetors connecting the movable member, 15

Contact member, battery, bell Vand switch in circuit.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signa- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of YPatents,

' Washington, D. C. 

